Finding solid information in a networked world

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Finding solid information in a networked world

• Information Skills at Malone University

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Helping students acquire information skills

• Benefits for students
• Information access skills set
• Implementation
• Integration
• Application

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Benefits for Students

• What will students gain through learning and
  using information skills?

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Benefits for Students

• Discover higher quality resources for their class
  projects
• Evaluate the usefulness and validity of
  information
• Integrate research into their thinking and
  writing

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Benefits for Students

• Turn in improved completed assignments
• Use information responsibly and ethically
• Acquire tools for lifelong learning

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Information Access Skills

• What skills do students need to learn?

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Students should be able to

• Recognize the need for information and identify
  potential sources (EG A3,E2)
• Evaluate the nature and extent of the information
  needed
• Select an efficient route to the most
  authoritative information (EG D4)
• (EG Educational Goal)

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Students should be able to

• Retrieve information
• Evaluate information and its sources critically
• Incorporate main ideas and construct new concepts
• (EG B3, C3)

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Students should be able to

• Refine search strategies when necessary (EG D5)
• Determine the impact of the knowledge on the
  researchers personal value system and take steps
  to reconcile differences (EG A2, B3, C1)
• Validate understanding and interpretation of the
  information through discourse with others (EG
  D2, D4, D5)

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Students should be able to

• Follow laws, regulations, institutional policies
  and etiquette related to the access and use of
  information resources (EG D4, E5)
• Acknowledge the use of information sources in
  communicating the product or performance(EG C4,
  E5)

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Implementation

• How can we work together to help students
  acquire these skills?

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You already have a departmental liaison.

• Each academic department has its own
  librarian, ready to assist you with your own
  research needs and to work with you as you teach
  our students.

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How can we help you?

• Meet with you to identify courses that require
  information skills
• Help you integrate information skills education
  and assignments into your courses
• Collaborate with you to develop effective
  evaluation strategies to assess student mastery
  of information skills
• Notify you of research resources

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Integration

• How will this cooperation move beyond individual
  courses and isolated faculty/librarian projects?

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The Big Picture

• The university-wide vision will be the result of
  cooperation between
• General Education Committee
• Individual Faculty
• Academic Departments
• Library Staff
• Student Senate

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Application

• Lets get started!

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Lets Get Started

• Customized in-class training (everything from
  full class sessions to 5- or 10-minute
  demonstrations)
• Faculty research support (let us know what youre
  working on and well forward any related
  resources we find)
• Up to date bibliographies (give us the subject
  and well prepare a list of books, articles,
  linkseven eCompanion webliographies)

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Lets Get Started

• Co-authored articles
• Joint library collection development
• Wiki subject guides accessible to students and
  faculty

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Lets Start Now!

• _____ Fill in your suggestion here!
• Contact your library liaison with all your
  suggestions, questions, comments, requests,
  projects, wishes, dreams, etc.

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Presentation written by

• Rebecca Fort
• Heidi Beke Harrigan
• Kristine Owens